If it couldn’t have been an article of clothing in another life, it’s probably the wrong living room lamp for fall 2026. This season, we're saying pleats, please, cutting through the shortening days with the kind of coziness only rich materials and even richer techniques can provide. Velvet, leather, linen, fringe, rattan: from coffee table to floor, your living room lighting is winning best dressed.
Anthropologie sidles up to your armchair of choice with oversized robin’s-egg velvet shades and bullion fringe. Serena & Lily insists leather isn’t just for loafers, working pebbled and suede finishes into its coastal vocabulary. Is that Jane Birkin’s basket? No, it’s GreenRow’s handwoven Olivia Braided Base, a neoclassical rattan urn style that I, too, would tote around town if I could. And while the nights get longer, Olive Ateliers’ Agatha goes longer still, trailing lithe linen bows over silvered brass.
From faded florals to sculptural King Charles spaniels, they're rich, interesting, and so much more than insurance against the big light. Ahead, 24 reasons I'm looking forward to staying in.
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